
Independent husband and wife living together in one house makes a little hassle.
Moreover, the married couple has been a few months but all this time delicious all in-law facilities, and now suddenly have to be alone.
They had shopped a little for breakfast the night before.
But they don't have rice, they don't have a dispenser to store drinking water and even gallons of drinking water don't exist yet.
It is very complicated it turns out, all must be suddenly purchased when remembering something must be purchased it is not as easy as turning the palm of the hand.
There are so many small things to be prepared, sometimes not immediately thought.
"Pi, later to the pack just ride the car, well, the bike wants me to use for shopping everything. Later I also have to go to the market" Mela told her husband.
"Hmm.bring the car was crowded in the courtyard of his puskesmas, how good,"Anton thought for a moment.
"I can't drive a Pi, how do I try. All this time I use a motorbike if the distance is close anyway,"sahut Mela.
"Yes I have used the car, but Mi be careful well, because the market is quite far, almost two kilometers from housing here ".
"Each Commander, be careful because my SIM has long been exhausted so do not dare to call for fear of being arrested by the Police," said Mela while giggling.
"Jeez Mi..danger once you do not have a SIM, already do not go anywhere could be dangerous," Anton looks very upset because his wife apparently does not have a motor driving license.
"But I have to shop a lot of pi, buy rice, cooking oil and other necessities in the kitchen and everything," said Mela, pointing to the state of the kitchen that is still empty, there's only a gas stove but the gas canisters don't exist yet.
Anton was speechless, he looked confused because while having to go to the pack for work but the home business had not been settled.
There is also a feeling of pity that Mela must provide everything alone.
"Eastern...Vegetable...Bu Darwis Vegetable...Madang Sayur's....Ms. Luke Vegetable....!!!"
there was the sound of the cry of a traveling greengrocer on the street in front of their house.
"Well there is a vegetable maker around Mi, try to buy a little first. Later on Saturday or Sunday I will take shopping to the market or to the supermarket" Anton told Mela.
Mela nodded in agreement, but she remembered about the gas cylinder, "When the gas cylinder is how, I can't cook tablets".
"Yes, I tried to go to the big stall in front of the housing who knows there. Vegetable shopping in front of yah".
"Pi, at the front stall of the road if there is rice buy first well, one kilo first. Pamali said that the old man at home had no rice at all".
Anton nodded as he headed for the garage of the house to take his motorbike to the front street stall.
While Mela went out of the fence to meet the crowd of mothers who surrounded the vegetable merchant.
"For the mothers, sorry to join yah," said Mela to everyone.
"Oh yeah, the new one occupies the house well, duh mother, it's a house that's been empty for a long time. Be careful who knows what's going on,"Saidi's mother began chattering, her house at the end of Mela's house.
"Yes loh ma'am, said people like there to be sightings," continued Ismail's mother when her house is quite far away in the next block.
"Ah do not listen to Anton, if religious people will not be disturbed anything," said Dadang's mother who is next to Mela on the left of her house.
"Yes right Anton ma'am, my man fitting him across the house also never saw anything. Do not listen to me, "same Luke's mother whose house opposite Mela also sided with him.
"Yes ma'am, it's okay I have been used to seeing uka-uka or apparition.hehehe," said Mela casually.
"Eh ma'am Anton said her husband was a doctor, served in the Jamblang puskemas well," said Darwis' mother whose house is on the right side of Mela's house.
"Yes ma'am, it's quite far from here. But it just so happened that we got a rental house here, which belonged to his friend's husband," Mela replied to him.
"Oh yeah, Haikal's doctor's house, I know his parents. Poor ma'am, Haikal's doctor," said ma'am Darwis continuing his story.
"Well, fortunately he was a strong and good man" said Mela while choosing fresh vegetables and fish.
"So this is the new name Anton's mother, I'm mas Joko the favorite vegetable maker of mothers here," said the vegetable trader introduced himself.
"Huh delicious beloved, if the beloved should be cheaper," directly the mothers protested while nagging.
"It has to be fresh, cheap, if it's free".
"Geez, mothers, I just give up" said Mas Joko, laughing and raising both hands.
Well the risk of mobile vegetable traders must be strong to face the nagging and chirping of housing mothers.
"Oh that's well her husband well, it's Mr. Anton.doctor Anton said tuh," the mothers whispered but heard when he saw Anton back home carrying a gas cylinder, he said, gallons of water and so on.
"Well, her husband is good, if my husband wants to take it with him".
"Yes right, my husband especially must have asked others to bring such groceries. Thankful that her husband is good".
Mothers are full of comments if they see anything.
Mela just smiles, she is not used to residential mothers who are full of comments and chattering.
It must be strong heart and ears when hearing housing mothers speak.
Mela does a lot of shopping just vegetables, tofu tempeh, fresh fish and some spices to spice up the cuisine.
Arriving in the kitchen she saw her husband was installing a gas cylinder, and the stove could already be lit.
Indeed, in the house Haikal there are some cooking tools such as pans, sutil pans, pans, kitchen knives but incomplete and not according to Mela's taste.
"Pi, forgot.tadi in the vegetable mang no heck, I have not bought salt, soy sauce, pepper like that...".
Anton said, "Yes, take the bike to the front stall, but don't go anywhere else".
Then Anton went to the bathroom, and Mela immediately took a motorbike to the stall to buy some kitchen needs that were not yet available.
That morning Anton only had breakfast bread and milk, and Mela also had not had time to make lunch.
Though they have a commitment that every day will be brought lunch by Mela.
When Mela returned from the front stall, there were only mothers who saw and immediately commented.
"Bu Anton, if there is a need to go a little to the Bagja Mother's stall in the back block, quite complete also there," said Darwis' mother told Mela.
Mela thanked him for being informed because he did not know anything in the housing.
Before long Anton was neat and ready to go to work, Mela gave greetings to her husband while delivering to the front of the house.
Then Anton drove the car away from home to his workplace.
Mela then cleaned the house like a sweep and mop the floor, washing clothes and drying in a small yard behind her house.
After that cook the rice and cook the food, just in case who knows her husband came home for lunch.
The distance between his house and the packing is quite far, especially if the car ride can take about half an hour.
If you ride the motorbike may be faster about fifteen minutes because it is not too blocked by traffic jams.
After all the homework was done, then he started to record all the other necessities that had to be purchased.
It turns out that it is not easy to live in your own home, a lot of small things to buy. Moreover, the rental house, although there are some items that can be used but not all of them according to Mela's wishes.
Want to go to the market riding a motorcycle, but because her husband did not give permission then he was also afraid that there would be nothing.
So that afternoon he tried to go around the housing to find out what was there.
Mela went around and finally found out there was a small stall also quite complete in the back block.
Then he also saw a house that sold dishes, and also a seller of chicken noodles.
Actually quite complete but indeed the housing is not large, in the front block of the type of house is larger.
While in the back block of his house is smaller in size.
Then he passed by a house at the end of the back block, where two children were crying.
The two children were crying in their yard but saw the door locked. Apparently they can't get into the house.
Mela noticed whether in the house the two children had people or not.
Neighbors looked unconcerned to see the two children crying.
Then Mela stopped her bike in front of the house.
"Son..you are locked outside.is your mom not home or what?"asked Mela because she felt sorry for the two children.
Neighbors around who saw what looked like towards them, some were looking with annoyance, some were looking with cynicism.
"Mbak.let them both cry, do not be pitied, later they are blamed," someone shouted to Mela.
"Yes mbak, the mother of the children is strange, later mbak the hassles of loh".
The people around him forbid Mela to help the two children.
"Tante, we are hungry yet to eat from the morning, his Mamih is not there, go from the morning,"the two complained to Mela.
Automatic Mela felt sorry to see the two children crying and starving.
Regardless of what the people around him said, he took the two children to his bike and took them home.
"Well, new victim".
"Yes it's the front man, just moved, must be a victim again".
"The mother's love, it will be so noisy again with the children's mother".
That was the speech that came out of the people around when he saw Mela went to take the two children to his house.
Mela took the two children to her house, both of them looking very hungry.
But he cooks spicy broth fish, of course children will not want to eat spicy fish dishes.
So he immediately made fried omelet and soy sauce rice for the two children.
They seemed to be very greedy to eat, while eating Mela asked the two, "Whose name are you, and where are your parents?".
"Yes aunty, Mamih often locks us outside. Often we were given dinner only tonight when Mamih came home," his sister named Hera replied.
"If you're locked up again tomorrow and if you're hungry, just come here. Aunty will make more food for you".
"Thank you aunt, but then auntie don't be surprised. You see, if Mamih knew we were here, the aunt would also be scolded by Mamihku," Hiro told Mela.
"Why do you have to be angry?"mela asked feeling strange to the two.
But the two children shook their heads, they also did not know why his mother was always angry every day.
Mela felt very sorry for the two children, then she asked them to wash their hands and feet after eating.
They were told to take a nap in one of the rooms in the house.
"Assalamualaikum, Mrs Anton....
Miss Anton....!!!"people were screaming in front of the house.
Mela immediately went out to see who called her.
"Goddessalam, oh...Miss Darwis, how can I help you?"ask Mela to him.
"Mom Anton, Astagfirullah just brought the two children here?"asked Bu Darwis and his face panicked.
"Yes ma'am, why come in first" said Mela, bringing her neighbor in.
Arriving in Ibu Darwis recounted that the mother of the two children was likely somewhat disturbed by his thoughts.
The two children were often abandoned and not fed until nightfall. And if there are neighbors helping instead of thanking but instead scolding everyone who helps him.
Mela was amazed to hear the story of Darwis' mother, she was very surprised to hear the stories of the children.
"Possibly because her mother was angry with her husband, she used to be a second wife. Usual snatching someone else's husband".
"Now her husband is remarried to a young woman. The mother did not accept it and the children were always used as torture material," said Darwis' mother made Mela more shudder to hear his words.
"Hopefully his mother did not peck to Anton ma'am well, patience well ma'am. In housing, there is always something strange".
"Yes ma'am Darwis I thank you for the information. I hope his mother wasn't angry to see me look so good".
Then the two laughed because Mela could also be funny.
Triana looks very upset when she sees her two children are not in her yard.
Then there's a nice neighbor back to help his son.
With great strides she began to search for where her children were.
She deliberately left her two children hungry that day because her husband had not yet sent her money.
He inspected every house, and got to the front of the house that Mela occupied.
That afternoon while waiting for her husband to come home, Mela swept the yard to make it look clean and tidy.
All day he continued to move to clean the house to fit his heart, then this afternoon had also finished ironing clothes.
Triana saw there were two pairs of shoes that she knew very well, who else if it did not belong to her two children.
"Hey...kamu, surely you have hidden my children in this house well?"triana asked suddenly and of course Mela felt surprised.
"Oh, yes ma'am, but sorry I didn't hide but they were starving and exhausted this afternoon. Now the two are taking a nap" said Mela lightly because she felt that she was not wrong to help the children.
"Now where the kids are, quickly get them out!"triana shouted while shaking her waist.
"Pity Ma'am, they're taking a nap. They were very exhausted, "Mela tried to defend the two children.
"IT WAS ME OR YOU!!!" Triana yelled at Mela with a loud voice.
Mela also felt annoyed at being yelled at like that, then in a high tone she said, "Hear, Mom, you are her mother but you have no feelings for your own child".
Mela is not afraid to face Triana who has a posture much higher than him.
Triana does have a large body size compared to other women in general.
Anton just passed through a housing portal, it just so happens that today his patient is not too much so he can go home in time.
He then saw his wife talking to another mother, in his mind his wife was talking normally with the neighbors.
So Anton parked his car in front of the house, he did not put it in the garage.
He thought of respecting the neighbor who was talking to his wife.
When he turned off the car engine, there started to be strange pitched sounds out there. Like people are fussing over something.
Anton gets out of the car, then he is immediately approached by Luke's mother across the house.
"Sir Anton, quickly help his wife, he was attacked by a stress person," said Luke's mother while asking Anton immediately meet his wife.
It looks like his wife is being scolded by someone, of course, as her husband will not accept seeing such treatment.
Anton rushed to his wife and the mothers who were angry with Mela while turning his back on her.
"Sorry ma'am, what's wrong in this house with my wife ?"anton asked when he arrived at his yard.
The mother immediately turned her head towards the voice that had just rebuked her, and instantly her eyes widened unable to say anything more.
So was Anton, he was shocked to see who the woman who scolded his wife was.
"Aaaanntttooonnn..," Triana said slowly and stammered.
Anton sighed and narrowed his eyes and said, "What are you doing here, and what does it mean to be angry with my wife?".
"He's your wife?"triana asked with a face full of shock.
"Yes, this is my wife and this is my home, so why are you here angry?".
"I just want to bring my kids home".
"What !!! Children...where are the children in my house?".
Then came the two Triana children from inside the house and both looked frightened when they saw Anton.
Likewise Anton was very surprised to see two small children coming out of the house, he looked at Mela who was looking down.
"Here are your children.please take them home and don't come here anymore".
"Anton, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for all my mistakes" Triana said as she hugged Anton.
"It's been...I'm tired of coming home from work, please take all your kids home".
Anton rushed into the house, followed by Mela.
And Triana looked at Anton's back as her eyes glazed over.
It is very unexpected to be able to meet again with Anton, all this time he felt very guilty for having sinned against his former lover.
"Mi.actually what the hell is going on, I don't think, only one day we're here there's been a commotion," Anton said as he looked at Mela who looked afraid of her getting angry.
Then slowly Mela told me about the incident this afternoon, even Darwis Mother next door who had also told herself about the mother of the two children earlier.
"Then why bother, Mi, to bring the children to this house?"ask Anton in a annoyed tone.
"Pi, I feel sorry to see them crying hunger in front of their house and no one to help them" Mela explained to her husband.
Anton threw his body onto the sofa in the living room, he was confused as to what to say.
His wife is a good woman, certainly would not have the heart to see others suffer.
While he helped are the children of his former lover who had the heart to betray him until he became a cripple.
Then she looked at Mela who was still bowed as if afraid of her husband wrath.
"Mi, forget it. Just next time no longer have to take care of that guy's kid. I don't like my wife fussing with other people" Anton said, rising to his bedroom.
The night after the two of them had dinner with a very good Mela dish on Anton's tongue.
Before long the two went shopping to a supermarket towards the city.
Both of them bought quite a lot of groceries for household purposes in accordance with what Mela noted earlier this afternoon.
Their small car is now full of groceries, understand many must be provided because at home there are no items that are in accordance with their wishes.
There was a sense of wanting to ask her husband, because Mela was quite strange if the woman was seen to know Anton.
But he was quiet while waiting for the right time.
Upon arrival at home, the car immediately entered the garage and they took out their groceries.
Anton then locks the fence, the garage of the house and checks the living room door.
After being sure everything was locked then he immediately helped his wife clear all her groceries.
From the end of the street a woman looks at Anton's residence with tears in her eyes.
There was envy in his heart seeing his former lover so friendly to his wife, if he had not done stupid maybe at this time he was treated like that by Anton.
After staring a long time finally he stepped home because his two children were looking for him.
Sometimes she herself is not inexhaustible with herself, why when angry with her husband must she punish her two children.
Though the two children were innocent and knew nothing, there was guilt and sin to both children.
But her anger and hatred for her husband was so thick that it was difficult to control her.
I can only hope that one day there will be a way out of all the trouble between her and her husband.